DR KESSLER’S HOMEOPATHY BOOK

COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE
IDEA: Gout - Pain of big toe
Important remedy
Affects markedly the muscular tissues, periosteum, and synovial membranes of joints. Has
specific power of relieving the gouty paroxysms. It seems to be more beneficial in chronic
affections of these parts. The parts are red, hot, swollen. Tearing pains; worse, in the evening
and at night and from touch; stubbing the toes hurts exceedingly. There is always great
prostration, internal Coldness, and tendency to collapse. Effects of night watching and hard
study. Shocks as from electricity through one half of body. Bad effects from suppressed
sweat. Dreams of mice.
BETTER, stooping.
WORSE, sundown to sunrise; motion, loss of sleep, smell of food in evening, mental exertion.
Compare: Colchicine (intestinal catarrh with shreddy membranes; convulsive jerkings of
right hand; rheumatic fever, gout, endo and pericarditis, pleurisy, arthritis, deformans in early
stages; Intense pain of rheumatism 3x trit.). Also, Carbo; Arnica; Lilium; Arsen.; Verat.
mind; memory; weakness of memory; mind; memory; forgetful; head; cerebral
haemorrhage Headache chiefly frontal and temporal, but also occipital and in nape of neck,
worse afternoon and evening. Smell: over sensitive. Smell of food causes nausea even to
fainting. extremities, limbs; swollen; joints. If Apis and Arsenicum album fail for edema.
You may consider Colchicum for the conditions below if there is pain in the big toe:
• Flatulence
• Diarrhea with vomiting
• Pleuritis
• Vomiting
• Gastritis
• Poor memory
• Joint pain
• Gout
• Gastro-inyestinal inflammation
• Gastric flu
• Nephritis
• Norovirus-Infection
• Fainting
• Rheumatism